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Monkey Bridge
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Monkey Bridge Paperback - 1998

by Cao, Lan

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Charting the unmapped territory of the Vietnamese American experience in the aftermath of war, the narratives here traverse perilously between worlds past and present, East and West, telling two interlocking stories.

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New York: Penguin Books, 1998. Very good trade paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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  • Title Monkey Bridge
  • Author Cao, Lan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date 1998
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 210412-RD57
  • ISBN 9780140263619 / 0140263616
  • Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.78 x 5.09 x 0.51 in (19.76 x 12.93 x 1.30 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 1210
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: East Asian
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Bildungsromans, Vietnamese Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96052418
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Hailed by critics and writers as powerful, important fiction, Monkey Bridge charts the unmapped territory of the Vietnamese American experience in the aftermath of war. Like navigating a monkey bridge?a bridge, built of spindly bamboo, used by peasants for centuries?the narrative traverses perilously between worlds past and present, East and West, in telling two interlocking stories: one, the Vietnamese version of the classic immigrant experience in America, told by a young girl; and the second, a dark tale of betrayal, political intrigue, family secrets, and revenge?her mother?s tale. The haunting and beautiful terrain of Monkey Bridge is the "luminous motion," as it is called in Vietnamese myth and legend, between generations, encompassing Vietnamese lore, history, and dreams of the past as well as of the future. "With incredible lightness, balance and elegance," writes Isabel Allende, "ALan Cao crosses? over an abyss of pain, loss, separation and exile, connecting on one level the opposite realities of Vietnam and North America, and on a deeper level the realities of the material world and the world of the spirits."
  • Quality Paperback Book Club Selection and New Voices Award nominee
  • A Philadelphia Inquirer Best of the Rest of Summer 1997 pick
  • A Kiriyama Pacific Rim Award Book Prize nominee

From the publisher

Lan Cao is a professor of international law at Brooklyn Law School and resides in New York City.

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Citations

  • New York Times, 07/26/1998, Page 28

About the author

Lan Cao is a professor of international law at Brooklyn Law School and resides in New York City.

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